Top 20 countries where British Nationals required the most consular assistance from 1 April 2009 - 31 March 2010 (based on the total number of consular cases, and lost / stolen passports.)

| Country | Number of Visitors | Number of British Residents | Drug Arrests | Total Arrest / Detention | Total Death | Hospitalisation | Rape | Sexual Assault | Total Other Assistance | Total Consular Cases | Passports Lost/Stolen | |-------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|--------------|--------------------------|-------------|-----------------|------|----------------|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------| | Spain | 13,300,000 | 808,000 | 179 | 2012 | 1786 | 831 | 25 | 20 | 609 | 5283 | 6618 | | USA | 5,525,000 | 829,000 | 105 | 1367 | 148 | 126 | 3 | 1 | 133 | 1778 | 3268 | | France | 19,300,000 | 253,000 | 58 | 157 | 527 | 217 | 8 | 5 | 180 | 1094 | 2400 | | Germany | 1,749,663 | 160,852 | 5 | 124 | 563 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 781 | 1017 | | Thailand | 841,425 | 46,000 | 68 | 249 | 292 | 199 | 9 | 5 | 203 | 957 | 827 | | New Zealand | 288,100 | 257,000 | 1 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 115 | 1662 | | Greece | 2,350,000 | 35,000 | 12 | 222 | 149 | 471 | 27 | 11 | 43 | 923 | 496 | | Australia | 664,000 | 1,072,000 | 16 | 124 | 77 | 42 | 1 | 8 | 126 | 378 | 980 | | China | 1,131,342 | 47,000 | 16 | 120 | 46 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 151 | 407 | 827 | | Cyprus | 1,300,000 | 59,000 | 39 | 207 | 323 | 112 | 2 | 0 | 92 | 736 | 345 | | Portugal | 1,629,000 | 30,000 | 5 | 8 | 218 | 92 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 383 | 618 | | South Africa| 479,192 | 219,000 | 4 | 18 | 70 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 143 | 832 | | Turkey | 2,426,749 | 51,000 | 3 | 63 | 93 | 144 | 19 | 27 | 77 | 423 | 551 | | Italy | 4,000,000 | 28,000 | 10 | 37 | 106 | 101 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 286 | 506 | | India | 787,000 | 36,000 | 3 | 41 | 148 | 99 | 3 | 3 | 99 | 393 | 292 | | UAE | 1,000,000 | 100,000 | 24 | 265 | 56 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 69 | 425 | 246 | | Egypt | 1,346,724 | 15,000 | 0 | 35 | 71 | 235 | 2 | 25 | 104 | 472 | 146 | | Ireland | 3,579,000 | 299,000 | 12 | 44 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 106 | 462 | | Canada | 724,000 | 611,000 | 18 | 125 | 35 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 214 | 170 | | Pakistan | 275,351 | 43,000 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 226 | 273 | 108 |

TOTAL WORLDWIDE FIGURES 944 6439 5930 3689 132 140 3509 19,839 27,272 a. Around 13,300,000 British Nationals visit Spain every year (Source: Instituto de Estudios Turísticos – IET. Due to free borders in the EU, this figure does not capture the millions of Brits who travel to Spain via France) b. Around 5,525 million British Nationals visited the United States last year (Source: US Department of Homeland Security) c. Around 19,300,000 British Nationals visited France last year, including 14.7 million holidaymakers and 4.5 million day trippers (Source: Ministry of Tourism) d. 1,740,663 British Nationals visited Germany in 2009 (Source: Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland) e. 841,425 British Nationals visited Thailand in 2009 (Source: Thai Immigration) f. Around 288,100 British Nationals visit New Zealand every year (Source: Statistics, New Zealand) g. Around 2.35 million British Nationals visit Greece every year (Source: Civil Aviation Authority) h. Over 664,000 British Nationals visit Australia every year (Source: Tourism Research Australia) i. 1,131,342 visited China in 2009 (Source: National Tourism Administration of the People’s Republic of China). This includes visitor numbers for Hong Kong and Macao (Source: Macao Tourism Board) j. Around 1.3 million British Nationals visit Cyprus every year (Source: Cyprus Tourist Organisation) k. Around 1,629,000 British Nationals visit Portugal every year (Source: ONS) l. 479,192 British Nationals visited South Africa in 2009 (Source: Statistics South Africa) m. 2,426,749 British nationals visited Turkey in 2009 (Source: Ministry of Tourism) n. Around 4 million British Nationals visit Italy every year (Source: Ministry of Tourism) o. Around 787,000 British Nationals visit India every year (Source: Immigration Authorities 2009) p. Around 1 million British Nationals visit the United Arab Emirates every year (Source: UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs) q. 1,346,724 British Nationals visited Egypt in 2009 (Source: Egyptian Ministry of Tourism) r. Around 3,579,000 British Nationals visit Ireland every year (Source: Irish Tourist Board)

1. Unless otherwise stated, all resident figures are taken from the 2010 IPPR report (Institute for Public Policy Research). The methodology used to estimate the number of British nationals living abroad for a year or longer draws on varying sources, including census or population survey figures where they are available and consular estimates, adjusting them to compensate for non-registered nationals and to reflect trends in growth and decline.

2. The number of arrests due to drugs offences is included in the next column ‘Total Arrest/Detention’.

3. ‘Other Assistance’ includes the following: Abduction, Assault - General, Child - Access, Child - Abduction, Child - Custody, Forced Marriage, Missing Persons, Mental health, Repatriation, Welfare; missing person reports. ‘Other assistance’ does not include any advice & self-help enquiries.

4. There are 95,852 civilian residents in Germany (Source: German Statistics Office). In addition there are 85,000 military personnel and their dependents (Source: Joint Headquarters of Nato in Germany) so the total number of British Nationals residing in Germany is 180,852.

5. Source - UAE Government and latest HMG/Embassy analysis

6. Source: FCO

s. Around 724,000 British Nationals visit Canada every year (Source: Statistics Canada) t. 275,351 British Nationals visited Pakistan in 2009 (Source: Ministry of Tourism)